Neil Little, born December 18, 1971 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, chose the U.S. college route to further his NHL career. After his first of four seasons with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of the ECAC, Little was a late round selection of the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1991 Entry Draft. Neil finished his college career at RPI with an NCAA Second Team All-American selection in 1993 and was a Hobey Baker Award finalist in 1994.

Little began his professional career in 1993-94 and went to spend eight seasons in the minor leagues waiting for his shot at the NHL. He finally got it on March 28, 2002 in a 4-1 loss to Carolina, a game in which Little picked up ten minutes in penalties.

During the 2003-04 season, Little's tenth with the Flyer organization, he went on to make his second NHL start while continuing to shoulder the load with the AHL's Philadelphia Phantoms.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

W

L

T

SO

Avg

GP

W

L

T

SO

Avg

1989-90

Estevan Bruins

SJHL

46

21

19

4

1

3.32

1990-91

RPI Engineers

ECAC

18

9

8

0

0

4.13

1991-92

RPI Engineers

ECAC

28

11

11

3

0

3.76

1992-93

RPI Engineers

ECAC

31

19

9

3

0

2.93

1993-94

RPI Engineers

ECAC

27

16

7

4

0

3.36

1993-94

Hershey Bears

AHL

1

0

0

0

0

3.33

1994-95

Hershey Bears

AHL

19

5

7

3

0

3.91

1994-95

Johnstown Chiefs

ECHL

16

7

6

1

0

3.68

3

0

2

0

4.55

1995-96

Hershey Bears

AHL

48

21

18

6

0

3.34

1

0

1

0

4.02

1996-97

Philadelphia Phantoms

AHL

54

31

12

7

0

2.89

10

6

4

1

1.94

1997-98

Philadelphia Phantoms

AHL

51

31

11

7

0

2.94

20

15

5

3

2.41

1998-99

Grand Rapids Griffins

IHL

50

18

21

5

3

3.15

1999-00

Philadelphia Phantoms

AHL

51

26

18

2

1

3.03

5

2

3

0

3.02

2000-01

Philadelphia Phantoms

AHL

58

22

27

4

2

2.85

10

5

5

1

2.19

2001-02

Philadelphia Flyers

NHL

1

0

1

0

0

4.00

2001-02

Philadelphia Phantoms

AHL

35

13

15

7

2

2.02

5

2

3

0

2.62

2002-03

Philadelphia Phantoms

AHL

42

18

19

4

4

2.49

2003-04

Philadelphia Flyers

NHL

1

0

1

0

0

3.64

2003-04

Philadelphia Phantoms

AHL

34

21

12

1

6

1.96

2004-05

Philadelphia Phantoms

AHL

26

15

7

0

3

2.34

2

1

0

0

0.00

2005-06

Blues Espoo

Finland

37

14

16

7

2

2.43

NHL Totals

2

0

2

0

0

3.87

Officially announced retirement, June 6, 2007.
ECAC First All-Star Team (1993) NCAA East Second All-American Team (1993)